Hi,

Could anyone please tell me how many close up filters i can put on my S5000 and do they need to be put on in any order?

thanks Clen

That depends on the filter make, I know my hoyas will stack on top of each other and in any order.. Good luck Dale

I went to the local photography shop and i bought 1 close up filter +4, it was labeled as their own make but had made in Japan on the box. The results are quite good but i would like much greater magnification, could i add another +4 or does that not work?

p.s. I'm new to this, don't understand the technical terms yet.

thanks Clen

Closeup filters are unique...they make the camera near sighted.

What they do is shorten the cameras focus range...for instance, with the focus set at infinity with your +4 diopter the camera can only focus a maximum of 1/4th of a metre or 25cm (9.8")...having two +4 diopters on the camera will mean at infinity the furthest distance away the camera will focus to is 1/8th of a metre or 12.5cm (4.92").

The real trick with using diopters is to use the camera's zoom...for instance, here's a picture I took using an Olympus C-700 with +7 diopter (+4, +2, +1 combined), I was 13cm/5" away but I had the zoom at 300mm:

http://img4.photobucket.com/albums/0...up/uspenny.jpg

Try zooming in.